All Chapters of I Want A Divorce: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

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Chapter 121 - Stop Scaring Me

JOHNSONMy knuckles were still throbbing when I pushed through the door to the sick bay corridor, the satisfying ache reminding me of the moment my fist had connected with Lucas's smug face. The bastard was now detained by ship security with what was going to be a spectacular black eye, and I'd made damn sure they understood he wasn't to be released under any circumstances until we docked and real authorities could take over.Edward's frantic call had come through while I'd been in the middle of making sure Lucas stayed down, his voice filled with panic and concern. Sera went overboard. Lucas pushed her. Darius jumped in after her.I'd left Lucas bleeding on the deck and ran.Now I stood in this too-bright corridor catching my breath, my heart still racing with the kind of fear that made my hands shake. Sera was...everything to me, one of the few people in this world I trusted completely, and some drunk asshole had almost killed her.The sick bay door was partially open and I could se

Chapter 122 - What It Feels Like

SERAAwareness came slowly, like surfacing from deep water, coupled with what I remembered, the irony wasn't lost on me. My eyes opened to find Johnson slumped in a chair beside my bed, his head tilted at an angle that would give him a terrible neck ache when he woke up. Morning poured through the window, making everything brighter than my eyes could handle for a moment. Darius was gone.I didn't know why that thought came first, why I noticed his absence before anything else, but the empty chair on my other side felt significant somehow.The next two days blurred together in a haze of medical checks and observations. The doctor was thorough, asking about my breathing, my temperature, checking for signs of complications from the hypothermia and water in my lungs. Finally she cleared me to leave with instructions to rest and follow up with my regular doctor once I was home.The ship docked on a gray morning with clouds hanging low over the water.Johnson appeared at my cabin door bef

Chapter 123 - Getting Answers

DARIUSI had a meeting with a law firm that became top priority after making sure that Cathy was settled and Sera got home safely. The conference room was all polished wood and floor-to-ceiling windows that overlooked the city, but I couldn't focus on the view. My attention stayed locked on the three lawyers sitting across from me, their expressions carefully neutral as they laid out Lucas's charges."Assault and battery, reckless endangerment, and we're pushing for attempted manslaughter," Michael Chen, my lead attorney, tapped his pen against the legal pad in front of him. "The evidence is solid—multiple witnesses, security footage, the victim's injuries.""What about his family?" I asked, leaning back in my chair. "Have they tried to interfere?"Michael exchanged a glance with his colleagues. "Lucas's father contacted us yesterday. He's offering to settle out of court, asking us to drop the criminal charges in exchange for a substantial payment to Miss Jennings."My jaw clenched s

Chapter 124 - Done

DARIUSGiorgio's Diner smelled like burnt coffee and grease that had soaked into the vinyl booths over decades. I slid into the back corner booth my PI had specified, my knee bouncing under the table in a rhythm I couldn't control.The man who shuffled through the door ten minutes later looked nothing like I'd expected. Mid-forties maybe, with thinning hair and a nervous twitch in his left eye that flared every few seconds. He wore a wrinkled button-down that had seen better days and kept glancing at the door like he expected someone to burst through it."Mr. Blackwood?" His voice came out thin and reedy.I nodded and gestured to the seat across from me. He practically fell into it, his hands immediately finding a napkin to shred into tiny pieces."You want coffee? Food?" I kept my tone level, trying not to spook him more than he already was."Just water." He licked his lips, that eye twitching again. "I shouldn't be here. If anyone finds out I talked to you—""No one will know." I le

Chapter 125 - Dinner With The Smiths

SERATwo weeks had passed since the cruise and I still woke up some nights gasping for air, feeling water close over my head. But tonight I had a different reason for the anxiety twisting through my stomach as I stood outside the Smith family home with a bottle of wine I'd probably paid too much for clutched in slightly sweaty hands.Johnson opened the door before I could knock, his smile bright but his shoulders carrying tension I recognized immediately."You look terrified," he observed, taking the wine and ushering me inside."I'm not terrified," I lied, smoothing down my dress for the third time. "Just... mildly panicked."The house was beautiful in that understated way wealth often presented itself, it had high ceilings, warm lighting as well as art that pulled me in. Johnson led me through a hallway lined with family photos that I tried not to stare at too obviously, but I caught glimpses of a younger Johnson with gap-toothed grins and scraped knees.The dining room opened up b

Chapter 126 - The Test

SERAThe testing room was small and sterile, filled with the sharp smell of alcohol swabs and latex gloves. A nurse tied a rubber band around Johnson's arm, the material digging into his skin as she searched for a vein.He went first. Then Steve. Then Daniel.I sat in the corner watching them file through one by one, each emerging with a small cotton ball taped to the inside of their elbow and fear written across their faces in different variations.Johnson paced the waiting room, his shoes squeaking against the floor with each pass. Steve sat with his head in his hands, his shoulders curved inward like he was trying to make himself smaller. Daniel scrolled through his phone without really seeing it, his thumb moving in mechanical swipes.Hours crawled by with agonizing slowness.A doctor finally appeared, his expression carefully neutral in that way medical professionals perfected. "Johnson Smith?"Johnson shot to his feet. "That's me.""You're not a compatible match for your mother.

Chapter 127 - Hurts Worse

SERADr. Harrison had asked for a bit of time while we waited in the office right next to the VIP room where Monica was being kept. Then a few minutes later, a pale faced Monica walks in with the assistant of a nurse and her IV drip being rolled behind her. Steve stood immediately, giving her his seat, dragging another from the corner and looking even more confused than I was at Dr. Harrison. What exactly did he have to say that required Monica's presence in the room? A feeling of dread settled in my stomach, making my mouth taste like ash. Dr. Harrison's earlier words hung in the air like smoke, thick and suffocating."I...don't understand what you meant. Could you elaborate please?" I finally managed, my voice sounding distant and strange to my own ears. "A genetic match means I could donate, right? That's what you're saying?""It means more than that." Dr. Harrison adjusted his glasses, his expression settling into something that looked uncomfortably like pity. "The compatibility

Chapter 128 - What To Do With The Pain

SERAI got home by 11 PM and I didn't leave my apartment the next day.My phone buzzed constantly on the coffee table where I'd abandoned it, the screen lighting up with Johnson's name over and over until I finally turned it face down and tried to pretend it didn't exist. Messages piled up from Monica too—I could see the previews before I swiped them away.(I understand you need time.) (Please know we're here when you're ready.) (I never stopped loving you, even when I didn't know where you were.) I deleted them without reading past the first few words.Luna played with her dolls on the living room floor, narrating stories about princesses and dragons that required different voices for each character. I sat on the couch watching her, letting her bright chatter fill the silence in my head, focusing on the familiar instead of the impossible truth that kept trying to surface.I had a mother. A father. A twin brother.The words felt foreign even in my own thoughts, like trying on cloth

Chapter 129 - Play Date

SERAEdward's invitation came through text on a quiet Thursday afternoon when the apartment walls felt like they were closing in on me.Edward Lancaster: (Dinner at my place Saturday? Sophie's been asking about Luna. I make a mean spaghetti carbonara. Well, decent at least.) I stared at the message for longer than necessary, my thumb hovering over the keyboard. Part of me knew this wasn't smart—getting close to Darius's closest friend while everything in my life felt like it was spinning out of control. Monica's messages sat unanswered in my inbox. Johnson's calls went to voicemail. The transplant surgery loomed in January like a deadline I couldn't escape.But Luna had been cooped up with me for days now, absorbing my anxious energy like a sponge, and she deserved better than a mother who couldn't stop thinking about families she'd never had and mothers who'd given up searching.Me: (We'd love to come), I typed back before I could change my mind.Saturday arrived with pale winter su

Chapter 130 - 6 Months Away

SERANoah had texted me the evening after the playdate at Edward's house, asking if I could meet him the next day to discuss something important. He'd been cryptic about it, which wasn't unusual for Noah—he loved building anticipation.I was happy to get to see him again after so long, our last meeting was weeks after my divorce was finalized when he and I recorded an EP for a movie together. We talk often, but we're so busy we barely get time to see each other. When I saw his text, I knew I couldn't say no. So here I was, sitting in one of those trendy coffee shops from Instagram with exposed brick walls and plants hanging from the ceiling, nursing a latte while I waited for him to arrive. The place was busier than I'd expected for a weekday afternoon, filled with people tapping away on laptops and having hushed business conversations.Noah came in fifteen minutes late with his usual energy, all broad smiles and expensive cologne, his shiny leather jacket fitting him perfectly. Hi

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